CFB Zeitgeist Score
65
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by pass tds at the 77th percentile.
JC French
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
2,924 PASS YDS · 20 PASS TD · 315 RUSH YDS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Georgia Southern for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Quarterback · Georgia Southern
Returning around him
- 92% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- Transfer portal: -1 net (17 in / 18 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Georgia Southern · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #93 · 2026 recruiting class #80
QB · GEORGIA SOUTHERN · SUN BELT
JC French
- 3
- #12
- 6-1 | 200 lb
- Roswell, GA
Heisman Heat
#1353
<1% win probability
Fan Belief
Awaiting
Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.
Respect Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
Reality Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
ACCOLADE PROBABILITY
Heisman
<1%
TOP QB AWARD
Davey O'Brien
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · passing yards
2023–2025+2297%
Up 2297% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Georgia Southern
NFL
NFL Draft
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Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3-star | 0.8507 | No. 1248 recruit | HighSchool | Memphis |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Memphis -> Georgia Southern | 3-star | Immediate |
Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final
Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.
HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
Achievements
- Volume King 1.3% Volume King 2,500+ passing yards, 1,200+ rushing yards, or 900+ receiving yards in a single season (position-appropriate threshold). Held by 1.3% of the 2025 pool. 2924 passing yards — clears the 2,500-QB volume bar.
- Program Benchmark 5.5% Program Benchmark Season leader for the program at the player's position across the headline volume metric (passing yards / rushing yards / receiving yards). Held by 5.5% of the 2025 pool. Team leader in rushing yards (315).
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to Memphis
Composite
0.8507
#1248 national
Today’s Hot-Take
The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.
Anti-Take
PENDINGThe contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.
The Room on JC French
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
50
Mixed Sentiment
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=3
- National · n=2
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about JC French
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
Signature Story
Awaiting candidate metric
He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.
Signature Moment
No signature moment on the ledger yet.
Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the passing totals stand
Through 13g
2,924Pass yards
20Pass TDs
8INT
Per game
224.9Pass yards
2Pass TDs
1INT
Final
2,924Pass yards
20Pass TDs
8INT
Why this is a two-channel quarterback case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
The unusual part of JC French's case is that the production comes in two channels, not one. For Georgia Southern, he has 2,924 passing yards and 20 touchdown passes, but he also adds 315 rushing yards and 6 rushing scores. That kind of dual-threat load tends to create a more resilient Heisman case because the offense can tilt the game in multiple ways.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
QB season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
High-volume passer | Dual-threat against FBS QB peers. The quickest read is whether the profile wins on volume, efficiency, explosiveness, or rushing value.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Passing Efficiency
CMP
249 91st
ATT
390 92nd
CMP%
63.8% 61st
Y/A
7.5 68th
Passing Production
YDS
2,924 89th
TD
20 90th
INT
8 17th
Rushing
CAR
133 93rd
YDS
315 86th
YPC
2.4 45th
TD
6 88th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-42@ Fresno State | 17/28 | 158 | 2 | 1 | 5.6 | 46.7 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-59@ USC | 19/35 | 179 | 2 | 1 | 5.1 | 50.5 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-34vs Jacksonville State | 16/24 | 191 | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 66.8 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-17vs Maine | 19/31 | 253 | 1 | 1 | 8.2 | 35.4 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-35@ James Madison | 14/24 | 165 | 1 | 0 | 6.9 | 23.3 | |
| Wk 7 | L 35-38vs Southern Miss | 24/43 | 313 | 2 | 3 | 7.3 | 44.7 | 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 8 | W 41-24vs Georgia State | 17/25 | 210 | 3 | 0 | 8.4 | 86.2 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 9 | L 24-34@ Arkansas State | 18/24 | 208 | 2 | 0 | 8.7 | 55.8 | |
| Wk 11 | W 25-23@ App State | 25/37 | 352 | 1 | 0 | 9.5 | 78.0 | Season-high 352 yds |
| Wk 12 | W 45-40vs Coastal Carolina | 22/33 | 264 | 2 | 1 | 8.0 | 51.6 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-45vs Old Dominion | 16/24 | 147 | 0 | 1 | 6.1 | 12.8 | |
| Wk 14 | W 24-19@ Marshall | 24/37 | 313 | 2 | 0 | 8.5 | 62.5 | Clean 2-TD game |
| Bowl | W 29-10@ App State | 18/25 | 171 | 1 | 0 | 6.8 | 74.7 | |
| Total | 249/390 | 2924 | 20 | 8 | 7.5 | 53.0 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2023Georgia Southern6-7HC: Clay Helton · Pass-leaning
2025Georgia Southern7-6HC: Clay Helton · Balanced
| Season | Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Georgia Southern | 249 | 390 | 63.8% | 2,924 | 7.5 | 20 | 8 | 139.6 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Georgia Southern | 13 | 16 | 81.2% | 122 | 7.6 | 1 | 1 | 153.4 | -- | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 262 | 406 | 64.5% | 3,046 | 7.5 | 21 | 9 | 140.2 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Georgia Southern | 133 | 315 | 2.4 | 6 | -- |
| 2023 | Georgia Southern | 14 | 48 | 3.4 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 147 | 363 | 2.5 | 6 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted passing value. Positive numbers mean the quarterback is adding more value through the air than a neutral peer would in the same environment.
How much of the offense runs through the quarterback once passing and rushing responsibility are blended together.
Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.
The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passing | Passing yards | 2,924 | #42/382 | 89th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Pass TD | 20 | #42/407 | 90th pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completions | 249 | #35/383 | 91st pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completion % | 63.8% | #149/383 | 61st pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Yards / attempt | 7.5 | #125/382 | 68th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 315 | #57/408 | 86th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Value | Passing WEPA | +0.25 | #113/200 | 44th pct | Opponent-adjusted passing value | 389 weighted playsvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Role share | 56.0% | #33/428 | 93rd pct | Share of team offensevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Attempts | 390 | #33/407 | 92nd pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Interceptions | 8 | #339/407 | 17th pct | Turnoversvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Carries | 133 | #28/408 | 93rd pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 21 | #167/391 | 58th pct | Metricvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 6 | #48/408 | 88th pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 2.4 | #226/407 | 45th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Pass share | 89.1% | #69/428 | 84th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS QB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 66.9% | #63/428 | 86th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 64.7% | #73/428 | 83rd pct | Money-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 60.4% | #18/428 | 96th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 51.2% | #24/428 | 95th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 49.5% | #38/428 | 91st pct | Early-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Rush share | 22.1% | #51/428 | 88th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS QB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.26 | #67/140 | 53rd pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 100 weighted playsvs FBS QB |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 1 | #69/258 | 74th pct | Turnoversvs FBS QB |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16
Why he’s here
Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.
What moves him up
What moves him down
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 230 | 1.5 | 7.7 | 1.0 |
| Road7g | 221 | 1.6 | 7.3 | 0.3 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins7g | 251 | 1.6 | 8.2 | 0.3 |
| Losses6g | 195 | 1.5 | 6.6 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 204 | 1.4 | 6.8 | 0.9 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 249 | 1.7 | 8.2 | 0.3 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
65Solid starter
Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · QB · 2024
Percentile Card
Concerns: EPA / dropback.
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
wepa_passing0.25Low (p25–p50) (n=94)
wepa_rushing0.26Low (p25–p50) (n=72)
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
JC FrenchGeorgia SouthernConner WeigmanHouston· 88% simJohn MateerOklahoma· 88% simJamal MorrisVirginia· 87% sim
Pass yards
Pass TDs
Rush TDs
Rush yards
Fumbles lost
Yards / att
Completion %
Interceptions
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Pocket Passer
Balanced passer who operates within the system. Profile sits near league average across dimensions.
QB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Sean Clifford’s 2021 season.
Sean Clifford
78%match
NFL Rd 5
#2
Blake Shapen
76%
#3
Rocco Becht
75%
#4
Frank Harris
All-AAC
74%
#5
Jack Layne
73%
Matches Sean on
Completion %
TD rate
Rush usage
Differs from Sean on
Weight (lower)
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Broc Lowry’s path through Western Michigan.
Broc Lowry
91%match
All-MAC
#2
Owen McCown
90%
#3
Maverick McIvor
87%
#4
Taylor Powell
87%
#5
Zevi Eckhaus
83%
Matches Broc on
Height
Completion %
Yards per attempt
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jack Layne's junior season at New Mexico (2025).
Jack Layne
71%match
#2
Jaylen Raynor
All-Sun Belt
70%
#3
Giovanni Lopez
69%
#4
Conner Harrell
66%
#5
Payton Thorne
66%
Matches Jack on
Rush usage
Weight
Height
Differs from Jack on
INT rate (lower)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Pass share
48.9%
429 pass / 448 run
Plays / game
67.5
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
8.6%
325 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coach2023
Clay Helton
Georgia Southern
2025
Clay Helton
Georgia Southern
Played his entire career under Clay Helton.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownRoswell, GA
Height6'1"
Weight200 lb
Class3
PositionQB
Jersey12
No fields populated yet.
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Current teamGeorgia Southern
ConferenceSun Belt
Joined2025
Career arc4 season(s)
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
No formal honors on the ledger yet
All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned. | ||||
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Georgia Southern | QB3 | #1353 | #1414 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2023 | Georgia Southern | QB3 | #1194 | #1406 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2022 | Memphis | QB3 | #1762 | #1645 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | American Athletic |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt | QB | 3 | No. 12 | 6-1 | 200 lb | Roswell, GA |
| 2024 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt | QB | 3 | No. 12 | 6-1 | 200 lb | Roswell, GA |
| 2023 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt | QB | 3 | No. 12 | 6-1 | 200 lb | Roswell, GA |
| 2022 | Memphis | American Athletic | QB | 3 | No. 12 | 6-1 | 200 lb | Roswell, GA |